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- Providing internet to the next billion: Techno-economic analysis of an operator case in Egypt
School of Electrical Engineering | Master's thesis(2010) Al-Kaisi, KatiaMobile cellular technology has been the fastest growing technology in history. The adoption rates have been substantial even in emerging markets. Internet adoption rates have also been tremendous with the biggest growth being witnessed in emerging markets. This indicates that the potential to provide Internet to the next billions of users through wireless mobile means is tremendous. Major urban cities in developing countries represent markets with a substantial amount of potential new Internet users. Cairo in Egypt was chosen to conduct a techno-economic analysis on providing Internet access to users with typical characteristics of those who will constitute the next billions of users. A hypothetical Egyptian operator is selected for conducting a techno-economic study of providing Internet access through wireless means. Different wireless data solution scenarios (EDGE, WCDMA, and HSPA) are deployed in the study and results collected. These results show the capacity cost and cash flow based on assumed subscriber numbers, ARPU, traffic model and investment required over a defined period of time for a chosen scenario. Analysis of the results and the feasibility of the different wireless access technology scenarios demonstrated that the newest technologies have the most efficient capacity cost per subscriber. However in real life a mix of old and new technologies will coexist in operator networks.